#but it raises so many questions

[strunmah-mah]

Action Comics #978

I don't feel like we talk enough about this. So after the Convergence event, there were two Supermen simultaneously, but one didn't know about the other. Then Superman Reborn merged them into one. But to keep Jon's background of growing up isolated from the hero community and whatnot. They just had Superman step back from the public spotlight and operate incognito from Jon's birth until he was 10.

That means for 10 years Superman just vanished from the public. What were the conspiracy theories like, did people think he was dead? I have so many questions about this period of DC history

[irregularjohnnywiggins]

You ever have those moments where an idea just... won't leave your head?

[gunsatthaphan]

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[marc--chilton]

house having a reputation for being soooo unserious that all of his passes at wilson are brushed off when in reality he would let wilson fuck him in his fishbowl if wilson would let him

[starry-bi-sky]

how do you clone a fey? that's trick question; and fey love those!

@the-navistar-carol (<333) brought up a good point while I was talking about my changeling danny au with her -- Dani! How would she exist in this au? Danny's a changeling - a fae. How would Dani, a clone of him, be created? How do you make a fey? Not through any means that Vlad is doing; you can't make a fey through unnatural means, considering the Fair Folk are nature. And Vlad's not a fey himself -- he's a halfa, even if he could make a fey, it's not in his best interest too. He's a powerful ghost, but even the weakest fae can overpower the strongest ghost. He won't want a clone of Daniel to be more powerful than him.

(In a three tier hierarchy it goes Ancients -> Fae/Mythos -> Ghosts. They all live in the Infinite Realms, but on different Planes. The fae live above the Ghost Zone in the Fey Wild, while the Mythos live beside the Wilds or down in the ghost zone depending on where they are. Places like the Frozone, the Athens Acropolis, and other such large islands climb throughout all three Planes.)

(While Ghosts can travel into the Fey Wild, its generally advised against as the ectoplasm tends to manifest differently there due to close contact magic. It can make it rather disorientating for a ghost, and as human spirits, the Fae living there would jump them faster than they could blink. So unless you're willing to play mind games with 'steal thy name eat thy face' fae, most ghosts keep out of the way of the Wilds. Fey can travel down into the Ghost Zone, they just don't bother.)

That's of course, not taking into account if Vlad even knows Danny's a fae himself. Vlad doesn't ring me as someone who really cares much about ghost culture or the going ons of the GZ. He might be aware that fae exist, but the moment he realizes he can't use them for personal gain he just doesn't bother with them. The risk is greater than the reward, and he'd rather not get eaten. But lets assume he's aware by now that Danny is fey, and has to take that into account while cloning him.

So, how does Dani exist? Good question! Honestly; i'm not sure. She might not exist at all, or if she does, she's more halfa than fey. Vlad would need a lot of human dna and ectoplasm to balance out all that fae magic. He manages to steal DNA from Jack and Maddie to do it, and since Jack's fey ancestry is very dormant its much easier to use alongside Danny's DNA.

In turn, it results in a little girl whose more human-ghost hybrid than clone. With that little extra boost in fey magic making her not a fey, but still relatively powerful. Dani is less of a clone and more of a lab-grown little sister. It's a rather tedious, complex process that has Vlad tearing his hair out trying to figure out. But he does eventually figure it out.

[shamelessexplosions]

There is something about this X-men 97' scene that cracks me up.

This scene where Scott falling out of a plane and slowing his landing using his optic blasts is brilliant - absolute proof we are finally getting a perfect Cyclops on screen. But there is something so funny to me about... how did Cyclops learn he could do that?

Because that is not a skill he can practice by jumping from 5 meters up into a foam pit. He needs to be thousands of feet in the air, jumping off a plane or a cliff. Which means at some point, Scott Summers had a very serious conversation with one on the X-men who can fly about him jumping out of the jet without a parachute and to catch him if it looks like it's going wrong.

Jean: Scott, what exactly do you mean by going wrong?

Cyclops: Only if it looks like I'm about to die. But I'll get more upward force the closer I am to the ground so I'll need time... if I'm still at terminal velocity 10 feet up, then you catch me. Good?

Jean: ...NO!

Well, either that or they do the usual X-men 'let's find out if he can fly' training regime:

[bogusfilth]

The overdiscussed question of whether there can be a value-free social science will not be much discussed here, but it must be accounted one of the chief failings of modernism that it places moral argument outside the pale of rational discussion. In this connection it should be more widely known that Morris Schlick, the founder of the Vienna Circle of logical positivism and a vigorous lecturer on the theme that moral knowledge is no knowledge at all, was murdered in 1936 by one of his students.

[gladosluver]

grandma beaky is missing

dr3 character sprite cred

[graceful-not]

Wait, did no one else immediately assume Zane Day takes place on the anniversary of Zane's S3 sacrifice?

[the-ronan-cycle]

Okay but Will was so (fairly) angsty about how his blood killed Katherine, but she purified the sword!!! It was the Lady who killed Katherine because she wanted Visander to resurrect

[lady-bizarre]

when does jason learn to drive?

cause according to a quick google search, you can't drive in new jersey until you're at least sixteen. and jason dies when he's fifteen.

he definitely didn't learn when he was comatose, and probably not with the league. did he have to teach himself? did bruce teach him before he died? did dick teach him to spite bruce? did he learn when he lived on the streets? does he somehow never learn and use it as an excuse to never drive any batkid around?

how many times did he crash before he finally figured it out? has officer grayson ever pulled him over for going 20 miles above the speed limit, asked for id, only for jason to just drive off? does he just drive like a maniac? do his siblings avoid driving with him at all costs to stay away? how many people has he tramuatized?

[alienssstufff]

Waip now I’m curious, how do yall interpret the Bdubs lacey chainmail. Like in a scenario where you absolutely HAVE to include the chainmail pattern, how would you design it?

[hyakunana]

Pocky Day 2k23 feat exo girlfriends ✨

[oldkamelle]

Still accepting Ideas? If so, Spy asking advice on Sniper on how to tell Scout that he is his dad.

[stellar-collective]

https://www.tumblr.com/stellar-collective/763777846038724608/feel-free-to-take-this-time-on-this-request

Referring to this ask. I'm quite curious on the aftermath. The whole "implications of dying finally hits and now he starts asking a bunch of questions" situation.

they’re just doing paperwork (or in the Agent’s case, making paper airplanes) when Reginald’s eyes suddenly widen.

”that’s how you knew what to do in Juniper’s airplane, isn’t it? how many times did i tell you how to turn the defenses back on?”

“gee, i can’t remember. i’ve probably done that mission over a dozen times, by now.”

“so you’ve died that many times on just one mission? how many tries does it normally take?”

“well, i didn’t die on ALL of those attempts. it depends on the mission and how many hazards there are. some i survive first try. normally it’s closer to half a dozen, if i’m lucky. really depends on the mission. for example, the Death Engine really lived up to its name. must’ve taken me close to fifteen deaths between the radiation, the oxygen, and the electricity…” the Agent smiled wryly. “but hey, defying death is part of the job, isn’t it? for me it’s just a bit more… literal.”

”your codename has certainly gained a few layers with this revelation.” Reginald paused. “if i hadn’t found that memory projector, would you— would you have ever told me?”

the Agent looked away. “hard to say. if i had, would you have believed me?”

there was a long moment of silence. at last, Reginald answered, “hard to say.”

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 2 - Twilight Town - Mansion Basement